(
课件网) 高考总复习首选用卷·英语 专题三 阅读理解 考点十七 生态环保类 第1步 刷基础·刷经典 第2步 刷高考·刷模拟 点击进入WORD文稿考点十七 生态环保类 A 限时7分 Thousands of cities around the globe turned off their lights for an hour to mark 2014 Earth Hour, a symbolic show of support for the environment organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature. Since the movement began in Sydney, Australia, in 2007, it has spread to more than 7,000 cities across more than 160 countries. Singapore continues to hold one of the world's largest lights off events, drawing around 9,000 people this year to Marina Bay Sands, a commercial center typically awash in electricity. To mark the event, actors Andrew Garfield, Jamie Foxx, Emma Stone and a group of other famous stars from The Amazing Spider Man 2 movie were in town. Other iconic landmarks that fell dark included the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok's Wat Arun temple, the Empire State Building in New York, the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Sydney Opera House, Red Square in Moscow, the Bird's Nest in Beijing and Hong Kong Harbor. As the movement has grown, more organizations and business have committed to switching off their lights in support of efforts to reduce their environmental footprint. In Singapore, at least 600 organizations and companies agreed to either switch off their lights or participate in movements to use fewer plastic bags, take shorter showers, turn off their air conditioning units or switch to LED lighting. This year the World Wide Fund for Nature, which first launched worldwide Earth Hour, also launched Earth Hour Blue, a crowdfunding platform aimed at raising money for environmental projects around the globe. On Mar.26, a project to stop the illegal wildlife trade in Asia by providing assistance to wildlife rangers became the first one to reach its target of $20,000 by relying completely on crowdfunding. The hour long event has little if any impact on electricity consumption, but as an awareness raising event it has registered success. In a statement to mark Saturday's event, Andy Ridley, CEO and co founder of Earth Hour, said Asia's rapidly growing digital presence is an added bonus that has helped power our movement. 篇章导读：本文是一篇记叙文。全球数千座城市响应了2014年的“地球一小时” Earth Hour 熄灯活动。这是一项由世界自然基金会 World Wide Fund for Nature 发起的象征性的环保运动。许多名人和著名景点都响应了这项活动。 1．Which of the following may serve as the best title of the passage A．2014 Earth Hour B．Save Our Earth C．Lights off Event D．Earth Hour Blue 答案 A 标题判断题。根据第一段内容可知，全球数千座城市响应了2014年的“地球一小时”熄灯活动。在下文中也是围绕这一主题展开。故选A。 2．We can infer from the report that _____. A．Australia and Singapore were the first two countries to launch Earth Hour B．more than 7,000 cities from 160 countries took part in 2014 Earth Hour C．some famous movie stars from The Amazing Spid ... ...
